Chapter 593

If one kills over a hundred million people within a thousand years, those lords must also go to the 'Star Prison' to stay.

A hundred million seems like a huge number, but in reality, it doesn't even amount to one percent of the population of a single life-bearing planet.

If it exceeds that, for instance, slaughtering ten billion or a hundred billion imperial citizens in one go… that is the crime of treason!

"A Star System Lord is entirely the master of that star system. This slaughter refers to imperial citizens; if they are slaves or criminals, they are not counted at all."

"Moreover, a Star System Lord can formulate their own star system laws and can easily find reasons to kill people, so in reality, this upper limit can be even higher."

"However, doing so will also lower this lord's evaluation in the eyes of Primordial City," Zhao Xing thought to himself.

As for large-scale tax evasion… this is also something the Empire cannot tolerate.

Having been given such great autonomy as a Star System Lord, and then also evading taxes—what difference is there between that and independence?

Then they would no longer be considered a part of the Empire at all.

Primordial City is the most fundamental core of the Empire.

A lowered evaluation in Primordial City is equivalent to a lowered evaluation in the eyes of the Great Emperor.

This is absolutely not something the lords are willing to see.

Seeing that Zhao Xing had finished reading, the Primordial Envoy continued: "Your rights also include obtaining opportunities for rotational conscription!"

"For example, if the Empire discovers a Small World and needs to conscript manpower, this kind of war is entirely a benefit. You lead the star system to occupy that Small World, and you can obtain the management rights of that Small World, or the sales rights for special minerals, and so on."

"In addition, your Beihe Star System is a second-tier star system, so you can also apply to the Empire for free upgrades to infrastructure to improve the quality and talent of the entire population."

"As your subjects become stronger, the overall strength of the star system will also be greater. When forming and conscripting armies to participate in external wars, the benefits obtained will also be greater. These are all mutually reinforcing."

Zhao Xing nodded.

Many of the Empire's missions are carried out with the star system as the unit.

Moreover, the Empire also encourages the strong to become Star System Lords, lead their subjects in development, and cultivate more geniuses.

Certain missions do not accept non-Star System Lords.

Just like rotational conscription; an individual alone has no way to accept it.

Even if a Void King and a Sunlight-grade Star System Lord were placed in front of one to choose from.

The Empire would not let the Void King do it, but would instead give the opportunity to the Star System Lords.

This is the benefit of a group.

"You can inherit the imperial bank account left behind by the previous Beihe Star System Lord, 'Lin Feng'."

"In the account left by the previous Beihe Lord 'Lin Feng', approximately 100 billion World Stones remained over the past five thousand years."

"In addition, there is a private vault stored in the Imperial Bank that contains several items."

The Primordial Envoy continued speaking.

"100 billion World Stones?" Zhao Xing was stunned.

One must know, 100 million World Stones is enough to buy a piece of Legendary-grade entry-level equipment!

100 billion World Stones—wouldn't that be enough to buy 1,000 pieces?

Zhao Xing himself, counting his group's wealth (excluding those Legendary treasures that cannot be sold), only had about 1 billion World Stones.

And that was thanks to his teacher helping him previously to win that financial war.

The legacy left by the previous lord is actually this much?

"Don't be surprised," the Primordial Envoy smiled. "This is nothing. Lin Feng was also a Void Peak-level lord, and he lived for tens of thousands of years."

"Accumulating 100 billion World Stones over tens of thousands of years is not considered much."

"The troops and equipment of Void-level beings are inherently matched to the Legendary grade."

Zhao Xing nodded.

Right, thinking about it this way, it really isn't much.

100 billion can buy 1,000 pieces of Legendary entry-level treasures, but at most, it could only buy two or three pieces of Legendary high-grade treasures.

"The main treasures are the things he left in his private vault. As for what exactly they are, you can go and open it to check for yourself later."

"You can withdraw these 100 billion at any time," said the Primordial Envoy.

"In addition, there is the matter concerning the star system's specialty, the Beihe Origin Realm."

"The Beihe Origin Realm is an imperial-level treasure."

"At the time of its birth, it was discovered jointly by the Beihe Lord and the Langya Lord."

"But in the end, it was conquered by the Empire, which took control of the Beihe Origin Realm."

"Therefore, both the Beihe Lord and the Langya Lord only have partial management rights."

"It is not considered private wealth."

"According to the original agreement, the two star systems jointly collect 1% of the profits from the Beihe Origin Realm, to be used for the construction of the star systems."

The Primordial Envoy said: "Now that you have succeeded as the Beihe Lord, you can regain 0.5% of the profits from it; the previous amounts will not be reissued."

"Yes," Zhao Xing listened obediently.

This portion of the profit is equivalent to 'earmarked funds'.

It can only be used to build the homeland.

After Lin Feng died, this portion was no longer distributed because the Beihe Star System had no lord.

But now that Zhao Xing has become the new Beihe Lord, the entire star system can continue to enjoy this benefit.

Although it is said to be earmarked, as a Star System Lord, if one wanted to misappropriate it, it couldn't be easier!

Even 0.5% of the profit is quite exaggerated, because that is a Small Origin World!

Of course, what Zhao Xing cares about most is not this profit.

It is the management rights.

He needs to resolve the karma of Yuan, and this is undoubtedly a natural advantage.

"The more powerful the star system, the more benefits there are as a lord," the Primordial Envoy continued. "For example, as a lord of a second-tier star system, you can apply to Primordial City for free Imperial-grade troops, treasures, or even have a secret technique tailored for you. You can choose once every thousand years."

"Or, for example, the higher the prosperity of the star system and the more developed it is overall, the higher the credit you have at the Imperial Bank, allowing you to take out loans to buy the treasures you desire for breakthroughs."

"If you manage to upgrade the star system and become a lord of a first-tier star system, the Imperial-grade rewards will change to Legendary-grade!"

"The Great Emperor can tailor secret techniques for you, and whatever type of troops you want, he can reverse time and space to get them for you."

"For example, extinct Legendary-grade plant troops like the 'Blood-thirsty Dragon Vine' or 'Ancient Thunder Pine' are not impossible to obtain."

Zhao Xing listened, feeling awed without knowing why, because he had never even heard of these extinct Legendary plant lifeforms.

But since the Primordial Envoy said they could be obtained, it was absolutely not a lie!

As a God-level powerhouse, the Great Emperor is capable of traveling through the river of time to bring back troops.

"Envoy, how can one upgrade the star system?" Zhao Xing asked hurriedly.

"This is the second point I am about to mention: your obligations as a Star System Lord!"

The Primordial Envoy said: "Every Star System Lord has the obligation to participate in war conscription!"

"And the obligation to pay taxes to the Empire."

"And you must carry out star system upgrade missions to maintain the star system's rating!"

"If a star system can be upgraded, it can naturally also be downgraded!"

The Primordial Envoy said: "If the Beihe Star System is downgraded from second-tier to third-tier, many benefits will be canceled."

"Primordial City will also lower its evaluation."

"This will cause the star system to lose out on benefits like rotational conscription."

"The Imperial Bank will lower credit limits, large financial groups will withdraw assets, and so on."

"Triggering a series of chain reactions… in more serious cases, it will lead to the bankruptcy of the star system!"

"Bankruptcy of the star system, to a large extent, means the bankruptcy of the lord."

"I think you should know what the situation is like when one goes bankrupt in the Empire."

Zhao Xing thought of Lord Yano, and his heart suddenly tightened.

This is a situation he must absolutely avoid.

"But you can also set your mind at ease," the Primordial Envoy said. "As long as the lord puts in a little effort and doesn't act recklessly, maintaining the original rating is still quite easy to achieve."

"Generally, it is only when a lord dies that the star system will experience a downgrade."

"As for upgrading, two conditions must be met."

"First is the overall cultivation level of the star system. For example, in a Void God star system, eighty percent of the lords are at the Star Rank or above!"

"To reach the level of a first-tier star system, at least sixty percent must be."

"Second is the number of powerhouses."

"A first-tier star system must have at least 100 people at the Void level or above, and the lord must be at least at the Void Peak level!"